Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 231
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- 231.54 — 2 parts
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The venerable Sūta said: / In that very manner I shall tell of the clusters of pilgrimage places, O best of sages, / by which the stringing of the series of pilgrimage places was made into a single whole by those previously mentioned;
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divided, bestowing the spread of joy upon devoted folk, auspicious, / just as Mṛkaṇḍu's son formerly declared it to the questioning Pārtha.
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Even so shall I describe here the clusters of pilgrimage places. / The sacred Revā, born of the drinking of Śiva's water, is indeed a wish-granting vine;
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it blossoms with the flowers of pilgrimage places produced on both banks, auspicious, / through the beauty of whose sacred fragrance the three worlds are made fragrant.
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The sage Mārkaṇḍa, foremost among the wise, / is verily the bee, the best knower of relishing the taste of that flower's nectar.
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The sage, the uplifter of the race of Bhṛgu, ever wears upon his heart / that sacred garland of flowers adorned with clusters of pilgrimage places. / I shall describe the disposition of its clusters, O best of sages.
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Beginning from the pilgrimage place of Oṅkāra as far as the western sea, / there are thirty-five sin-destroying confluences of rivers:
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eleven on the northern bank and twenty-three on the southern; / the thirty-fifth, the best, is the confluence of the Revā and the ocean.
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Together with the confluences, on both banks of the Revā, / there are thus four hundred well-known pilgrimage places, O best of the twice-born.
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Three hundred pilgrimage places belong to Śiva, together with thirty-three; / there too I shall state them individually; listen to them, O best of men!
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Among them, O lords of sages, the pilgrimage places of Mārkaṇḍeśvara are ten; / ten arise from Āditya, and precisely nine are Kapileśvaras;
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eight were established by Soma, and just as many are Narmadeśvaras; / there are eight Koṭītīrthas, and likewise seven Siddheśvaras;
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and on both banks of the Revā there are precisely seven Nāgeśvaras; / precisely seven were established by Vahni, and likewise a group of seven Āvartas;
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five are pilgrimage places of Kedāreśvara, and five are born of Indra; / five are Varuṇeśas, and five are Dhanadeśvaras;
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the Devatīrthas are five, and there are four Yameśvaras; / four are Vaidyanāthas, and four are Vānareśvaras;
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the pilgrimage places of Aṅgāreśvara are just as many, O lords of sages; / four belong to Sarasvatī, and four are Dārukeśvaras;
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three are Gautameśvara pilgrimage places, three are Rāmeśvaras; / three are Kapāleśvara pilgrimage places, and three are made by Haṃsa;
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The sage declared twenty-eight pilgrimage places dedicated to Viṣṇu; / among them, O best of sages, precisely six are Vārāha pilgrimage places;
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three are known as Bhīmeśvaras, and three are Svarṇatīrthas; / two Dhautapāpas are declared, and likewise two Karañjeśas;
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two Ṛṇamocana pilgrimage places, and likewise two Skandeśvaras; / two Daśāśvamedha pilgrimage places, and two Nandītīrthas, O twice-born;
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two Manmatheśas, and likewise two Bhṛgutīrthas; / two Parāśareśvaras, and two Ayonīsaṃbhavas;
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two Vyāseśvaras are declared, and likewise two Pitṛtīrthas; / two are the pilgrimage places of Nandikeśvara, and two are remembered as Gopeśvaras;
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likewise two Māruteśas, and two are remembered as Jvāleśvaras; / two sacred Śuklatīrthas, and likewise two Apsareśas;
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two Pippaleśvara pilgrimage places named Māṇḍavyeśvara; / and likewise the uplifter of the race of Bhṛgu proclaimed two Dvīpeśvaras; / two Uttareśvara pilgrimage places, and likewise two Aśokeśas;
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and two in Yodhanapura, a pair of Rohiṇītīrthas; / two Luṅkeśvaras are celebrated in the account by the sage.
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One hundred and nineteen pilgrimage places are taken one by one, O twice-born; / formed into clusters, the pilgrimage places are two hundred and fourteen.
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These are the Śaiva pilgrimage places; now listen, O best of men, / to those dedicated to Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and the Śaktis, being declared in order.
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The sage proclaimed twenty-eight pilgrimage places sacred to Viṣṇu; / among them, O best of sages, exactly six are pilgrimage places dedicated to Varāha.
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four are Cakra pilgrimage places, and the remaining eighteen / are presided over by Viṣṇu, as Mṛkaṇḍu's son declared long ago.
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Likewise, he spoke of seven pilgrimage places [established] by Brahmā for the sake of accomplishment: / in three is the worship of Brahmā, and four others are Brahmeśas. / Twenty-eight have been declared by me according to number and order.
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This is incomparable purification; indeed, this is the supreme remover of sin: / the sacred deeds of the Narmadā, the glorification spoken by the sage.
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Sūta said: / Thus has the succession of the Revā's pilgrimage places been stated by me in brief, / just as the sage Mārkaṇḍa told it in concise form to Pārtha.
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Subordinate pilgrimage places are hidden among them in great numbers; / hear about them, O sinless ones, where and of what extent they are.
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Around the pilgrimage place of Oṅkāra, [extending] from Mount Amarakaṇṭaka / for two krośas in all directions, [the count] is considered to be three and a half crores,
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by count of pilgrimage places hidden and revealed, O best of the twice-born; / while at the confluence of the Kapilā there is separately one crore of pilgrimage places;
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at the Aśokavanikā one hundred thousand pilgrimage places are established; / and a hundred at the confluence of the Aṅgāragartā, O best of sages.
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Likewise, ten thousand pilgrimage places are situated at the confluence of the Kubjā; / a hundred are located at the confluence of the Hiraṇyagarbhā.
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Sixty-eight pilgrimage places are located at the confluence of the Viśokā; / likewise, a thousand pilgrimage places are situated at the confluence of the Vāgu.
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A hundred [are] at the confluence of the Sarasvatī, two hundred at Śuklatīrtha; / a thousand at the pilgrimage places of Viṣṇu, and ten thousand at Māhiṣmatī.
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At Śūlabheda, O twice-born, more than one hundred thousand pilgrimage places are situated; / and at Devagrāma, the sage declared a thousand pilgrimage places.
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At Luṅkeśvara, more than seven hundred pilgrimage places are situated; / one hundred and eight pilgrimage places are at the confluence of the Maṇinadī; / and at Vaidyanātha they know of one hundred and eight pilgrimage places.
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Such is the measure [of pilgrimage places] at the Kumbheśvara pilgrimage place, O twice-born; / and more than one hundred thousand pilgrimage places are situated at the confluence of the Revā and the Urā.
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There may even be more than that—thus spoke Mārkaṇḍeya. / And eighty-eight thousand [pilgrimage places] resort to Vyāsadvīpa.
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At the confluence of the Karañjā are situated ten thousand and eight; / likewise, at the confluence of the Eraṇḍī there are one hundred and eight pilgrimage places.
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At Dhūtapāpa sixty-eight pilgrimage places are situated; / at Skandatīrtha, the sage stated there are a hundred meritorious pilgrimage places.
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At Kohaneśa sixty-eight pilgrimage places are situated; / and fifteen million pilgrimage places are indeed situated at Korilāpura.
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At Rāmakeśavatīrtha he declared more than a thousand; / and at Asmāhaka a thousand pilgrimage places indeed reside.
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Eight hundred and two thousand pilgrimage places at Śuklatīrtha, O best of the twice-born, / the descendant of Bhṛgu proclaimed of old to the son of Pṛthā.
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He spoke of one hundred and eight at each of the confluences / of the remaining rivers, except the confluence of the Kāverī.
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At the confluence of the Kāverī, O brāhmaṇas, five hundred are situated likewise; / and the sage mentioned a particular [merit] of the pilgrimage places on festive days.
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The virtuous indeed call it Mokṣatīrtha, resorted to by ancient sages; / and in the sacred field of Bhṛgu, ten million pilgrimage places have taken refuge.
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Who indeed would be able to speak of those that exceed that, O best of ṛṣis? / It is declared to be the refuge of all the gods, and likewise the refuge of all pilgrimage places,
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renowned in the three worlds, worshipped, the granter of accomplishments. / And at Bhārabhūti one hundred and eight pilgrimage places are situated.
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At the pilgrimage place of Akrūreśvara one hundred and fifty pilgrimage places are situated; / while at the pilgrimage place of Vimaleśvara, at the confluence of the Revā and the ocean, / the sage declared more than one hundred thousand pilgrimage places.
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|| Thus ends the two hundred and thirty-first chapter, entitled “Description of the Enumeration of the Pilgrimage Places,” in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth, Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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RKV Chapter 232
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